Ask HN: Finding business partners in other countries

Hi there Combinators,

I'm currently running a startup in my country (in Brazil), and it occurred to me that our current product/concept/idea would probably apply (and sell) better in other countries (such as US, for instance), given cultural differences and such - but given the product is mainly dependent on local sales to work (not a website), it's a bit impractical to simply 'translate it to other languages and advertise on the net'.

The bottomline (and question) after all this preamble is: have any of you ever looked for business partners/representatives in other countries/regions? If so, what did you find as the biggest gotchas, drawbacks, difficulties?

Any thoughts are appreciated (and very welcome) :-)